Western cyclone., 1887-03-31
MISSING LINKS.

In Albany, NY, gambling is carried
on more openly than in any other city
in the east.
An expedition will shortly be sent
by Australia to test the whale fishery
in the Antarctic.
A Bennington, Vermont, man, han
dies nearly twCGty thousand pounds OF
spruce gum every year.
In New York some patriotic persons,
grateful for Bartholdis gift, propose to
present a statue of Washington to
France.
Senator Ingalls,, when he delivers his
striking and satirical speeches never
raises his voice above monotone and
rarely gesticulates.
Mrs. Cleveland and Mrs. August Bel
mont have discovered that they are dis
family related through Commodore Per-
ry of historic fame.
Capt. John Ericsson, the great naval
inventor is 80 years old ard works ten
hours day. He says he hasn't time to
strike for eight hours.
Electrician Edison is regarded with
such awe by the negroes in Florida that
it is difficult to get hands to take his ap-
paratus from the boats.
Senator Beck is said to owe his pres
ent wealth to the venerable Mr. W. W.
Corcoran, who on his first coming to
Washington gave him advice as 70 some
exceedingly profitable real-estate invest
ments.
Nine. Kuki, the wife of the Japanese
Minister at Washington, speaks the
prettiest sort of crazy-quilt English,
and is very proud of the accomplish
ment. She has right to crow-Kuli-
doodle-do.
There are 149 American students in
the University of Berlin, nine studying
theology, five law, forty-seven medicine,
fifty-eight philosophy, twenty-seven
two political science.
NANNY" Wilson, who has kept a
fruit stand in New Orleans for sixty
years, is dead. She was marvelouslv
successful yellow-fever nurse, and has
labored in every epidemic since 1917,
and had many medals and diplomas to
attest her skill.
A young man.in Kansas City was
playing a guitar the other evening and
n large rat came into the room, seem
ingly well pleased with the music 1t
slowly approached the player until very
near, and then after listening for some
time slowly went away.
Misses Stella Hays and Irwin Laugh
lin are two wealthy little women of
Pittsburg. The former is IA years of
age, and one of four heirs to $4,000
left by her grandfather. Irwin Laugh
lin, 10 years of age, is an orphan and
sole heiress to many millions.
Gen. Boulanger, the bellicose French
Minister, when engaged in debate
drinks only sugared water. Bismarck
drinks brandy and water. But Boul-
anger on being recently questioned on
his taste answered that one can keep
cooler head on sugar than on bran
dy.
Elizabeth Singleton, colored wo-
man of st. Louis went to the morgue to
identify the dead body of her step-sis-
ter. While there she looked around
and exclaimed as she saw another dead
body: why, der is old Cap, who
used to be my husband" She was
right.
Ross r. Winans of Baltimore is noted
for his generosity to his tenants. He
is now in Europe, and every two weeks
sends home 500 for the poor of his
city. William Winans, his grandfather,
is the owner of vast estates in Scotland
and is noted for his tyranny and unpop-
ularity.
mr. w. Caspar Stewart, an employe OF
a Pittsburg firm of glass manufacturers,
who traces his ancestry back to the
Stuarts of Scotland and England has
heard that an estate of over $50, 900, 900
is awaiting branch of that family in
Great Britain. SO far twelve heirs
have been discovered in America.
R. G. Head, President of the Inter
national Range Association. has capac-
ity to get ahead in the world. He was
once cowboy at salary of $15 a
month; later he had charge of the Prai-
RE Land & Cattle Association at $780,
600 year. and since then he has &C.
cumulated vast fortune in business for
himself.
At recent meeting of the Congre-
gational Club of San Francisco, it was
said in that city of 100000 inhabitants
the attendance ut the Protestant
churches was about $4,000, and at the
Catholic churches about $4,000, max
ing a total church attendance of about
$4,000. Probably about three-fourths
of the population there never attend
church.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Goose. of JET
fersonville, Ky, have just celebrated
the sixtieth anniversary of their mar
riaoa Thox- sf;lI I've tbn 1,Y,,